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Gov. Pat Quinn today announced the appointment of Manuel Flores as Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC).<\/p>\nGov. Pat Quinn today announced the appointment of Manuel Flores as Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC).<\/p>\n
Flores, a Chicago alderman, brings to his new position a deep understanding of public service, a record for advancing pro-environmental initiatives, and a commitment to expanding broadband Internet access throughout Illinois.<\/p>\n
\u201cManny Flores is an experienced and highly-regarded public servant who will provide a fresh viewpoint at this very important Commission,\u201d said Gov. Quinn.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe excelled in the Chicago City Council and will do so at the helm of the ICC.\u201d<\/p>\n
Upon Senate confirmation, Flores will be the first Latino Chairman of the ICC. A prominent member of the Chicago City Council, he was elected as 1st Ward Alderman in 2003. <\/span><\/p>\n He has served in numerous capacities including on the Capital and Technology Development committee and the Energy, Environmental Protection, and Public Utilities committee.<\/p>\n He also serves on the Illinois Broadband Deployment Council and the Board of Community Health. (Background Information<\/a>)<\/p>\n Flores has been a tireless advocate for building Chicago\u2019s green economy by pushing for LEED certification in new developments, launching GreenEconomyChicago.com<\/a>, an online social networking platform to develop policy to promote a green marketplace, and spearheading the Chicago\u2019s Green Exchange development, a green business mall that will be a premier destination for clean technology and energy companies.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to thank Governor Quinn for the appointment and I\u2019m proud to serve the state of Illinois as the Chairman of Illinois Commerce Commission,\u201d said Flores.<\/p>\n A graduate of Dominican University and George Washington University Law School, Flores served as a prosecutor in the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office. He began his career in public service as an aide to Congressman Luis Guiterrez.<\/p>\n The Illinois Commerce Commission\u2019s acts as a bridge between consumers and Illinois\u2019 utility companies, seeking an appropriate balance between the interests of consumers and service providers in order to ensure adequate, efficient, reliable, safe and least-cost public utility services for all citizens of Illinois.<\/p>\n For more information on the ICC, please visit: icc.illinois.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gov. Pat Quinn today announced the appointment of Manuel Flores as Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Flores, a Chicago alderman, brings to his new position a deep understanding of public service, a record for advancing pro-environmental initiatives, and a commitment to expanding broadband Internet access throughout Illinois. \u201cManny Flores is an experienced and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Bhs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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